Journalists wounded in Ramallah raid as Netanyahu warns Palestinian Authority
Israeli troops also raided offices of Palestinian NGOs. In Gaza, an airstrike killed one person and a 4-year-old died of wounds from an earlier attack.
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Several journalists were wounded during an Israeli military raid in Ramallah and al-Bireh on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. A Palestine TV correspondent was hit in the hand by a sound bomb and a Sky News Arabia reporter was wounded in the leg by shrapnel, the Wafa news agency reported; AFP said four journalists were wounded. The Health Ministry also reported a child wounded by live ammunition. Troops raided the offices of several Palestinian non-governmental organizations, Al Jazeera reported.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video that Israel was preparing for a scenario in which Palestinian Authority forces turn on Israel, adding there would be no Arab army west of the Jordan River. In Gaza, an airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City killed one person, emergency services said, and a 4-year-old boy in az-Zawayda died of wounds from an attack three weeks earlier. The Israeli military said strikes in recent days killed five Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants.